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Wildley Viewpoint, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth added to Coastal Scenery in South East by AeroJ on 22/09/2025

Portsdown Hill is a very long road, and there are several fly-spots along it or close to it, the main one, up by the official viewpoint layby having its own separate listing.

But if we seek a quieter car park, don't need world-famous burgers, and would prefer a take-off field without a lot of metalwork in it and crowd of hungry bikers watching your every move, then may I recommend that instead of carrying on up the hill to the main car park, we find the second viewpoint about 500 yards before it, on the left. Only smaller vehicles will fit through the extremely low and narrow gateposts to this smaller, rougher car park, which keeps the trucks away, and means it's mainly cars and bikes here. Easy to miss the entrance.

Although this location does have a big transmission mast quite close to it this one doesn't cause UAVs any problems.

This site is inside 2 Yellow zones, the first being the Portsmouth HIRTA (<6600 ft above surface), and the second is a Heli landing zone, topping out at 185 ft above surface. Neither prohibit drone flight, but we should exercise a lot of visual observation and caution when flying here, and should pay particular attention to signal strength as we fly. Whilst I wouldn't call the airspace exactly 'busy', there is usually some activity, but we have superb visibility from this location in most directions, so can see things coming nice and early if we are vigilant.

The take-off and landing field is immediately in front of the car park, and although a lot of it is on a steep slope there are flat bits, and wooden benches (minimal metalwork) from which we can launch somewhat level.

Once in the air the main enemy is wind, which we should check the state of before we launch. It's a very exposed hilltop, and whilst the prevailing wind here is coming in from the sea (helpful) the topography makes it blustery and very powerful at times, so we need to be careful that our craft is not being blown out of VLOS.

View and discuss this location in more detail on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 50.85285, -1.048936 • what3words: ///rare.shared.such

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 22/09/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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Bealach na Ba, Ross and Cromarty South West (By AlbionDrones)

The iconic Bealach na Ba, 'Pass of the Cattle' on the NC500, Applecross, WesterRoss, Scotland.

The road over the historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It has the greatest ascent of any road climb in the United Kingdom, rising from sea level at Applecross to 630 m (2,070 ft) in about 6 km (3.7 mi), and is the third highest mountain pass in Scotland.

A feature of the NC500 and mobbed during summer months we planned our recent NC500 trip to ensure we were able to take in this wonderful place for the first time - the last section of the NC500 we had left to do.

The drive is steep and twisting, and can be extremely busy, but in late October we only saw a handful of cars, and were fortunate that the weather was perfect, views that stretched for miles and late afternoon light with some drama in the skies.

There is a decent car park at the top, with plenty of space, amazing views over to Skye, Arochar, Rum and Eigg (when the weather plays ball), and the road has recently been resurfaced. As to difficulty, in a modern car it is not too bad, in a camper van it would be challenging. I would rate it not quite as difficult as Hardknott Pass in the Lake District, but not far behind...

No facilities at the car park, but plenty in Applecross and Lochcarron